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Revision as of 11:36, 2 August 2007 by Sbacle (talk | contribs) (added Juggling patterns template)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Rubenstein's Revenge is a 3-ball toss juggling pattern named by George Gillson after its inventor, Rick Rubenstein. Along with Mills Mess and Burke's Barrage it is one of three well known named juggling patterns that involve complex carries and crossed arm throws. Rubenstein's Revenge is usually considered the most involved and difficult of the three.
Description
Rubenstein's Revenge is distortion of the three ball cascade. Each ball is thrown to the opposite hand as in a cascade, but they are not all thrown at the same height. The varying heights can be represented in Siteswap notation by the numbers 52233. In this notation, each of the numbers represents one particular throw in a sequence of five throws. Each 3 represents a ball thrown at the normal 3-ball cascade height. The 2s are not actual throws, but represent the two balls being carried through the air while still in hand. The 5 represents a ball thrown extra high (at a height usually reserved for 5-ball cascades) to buy time for the two carries.
In addition to the varying ball heights, Rubenstein's Revenge incorporates elements of chops, claws and orbits. While the ball thrown as a 5 is in midair, the two other balls are carried in circular orbits around each other. These balls are then thrown and caught with the palm of the hand turned at an odd angle as in claws. One of these balls is caught with a downward diagonal movement as in Chops.
The overall pattern, while hard to describe, results in a fluid an natural spiraling motion of the hands and balls. The trick is notoriously difficult to understand , especially from a written description. A video link to a performance of the trick can be found in the external links.
References
- ^ Gillson, George. Beyond the Cascade: Step-by-Step Guides to 88 Classic 3-Ball Juggling Tricks. p 68, The Ugly Juggling Co: U.K. 1993. ISBN 0951699814
- ^ Dancey, Charlie. Charlie Dancey's Encyclopædia of Ball Jugglingp128. Butterfingers: Bath, England 1994. ISBN 189859113x
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